GENERAL ITEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17092, 25 August 1917, Page 7

GENERAL ITEMS

INDUSTRIAL UNREST IN HUNGARY. MUNITION WORKERS AND MINERS ON STRIKE. Australian and N:Z. Cablo Association. BERNE, August 23. The employees of the Ganz Company, the largest munition factory at Budapest, have struck for higher wages and better food facilities. Two thousand miners have also struck on similar grounds. GERMAN STEAMERS IN CUBA. TRANSFERRED TO UNITED STATES. Router's Telegrams. HAVANA, August 23. President Menacol has transferred four large interned German steamers to the United States Government. PACIFIST IMPRISONED. REFUSAL TO BEAR ARMS. The Times. LONDON, August 23. John P. F. Fletcher, formerly a pacifist in Australia and New Zealand, has been sentenced to two years' hard labour for refusing to handle a rifle. MISS PANKHURST IMPRISONED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. MELBOURNE, August 24. Miss Adela Pankhurst, arrested at a women's pacifist demonstration, has been sentenced to one month's imprisonment. AUSTRALIANS FREE FROM DESERTERS. INCOME TAX ON ELIGIBLES. MELBOURNE, August 24. Senator Pearce announced in Parliament that since the Australian army has been in the field not a single case of desertion to the enemy has occurred. In the House of Representatives, Sir John Forrest, Treasurer, introduced the income tax on eligibles, outlined in the Budget. HEAVY RAIN IN ENGLAND. bROPS DAMAGED. LONDON, August 23. (Received Aug. 24, at 11.15 p.m.) Excessive tain has beaten down the corn in many parts of England, seriously affecting the harvest prospects.